Between imitation and innovation : the transfer and hybridization of productive models in the international automobile industry

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1. Introduction: Between Imitation and Innovation: The Transfer and Hybridization of Productive Models in the International Automobile Industry PART I. THEORY AND HISTORY 2. Hybridization and Models of Production: Geography, History, and Theory 3. The Diffusion and Transformation of Fordism: Britain and Japan Compared PART II. BETWEEN TRANSFER AND HYBRIDIZATION 4. Making Toyota in America: Evidence from the Kentucky Transplant 1986-1994 5. Stability and Change at NUMMI 6. Mazda and Ford at Flat Rock: Transfer and Hybridization of the Japanese Model 7. The Japanese Transplants in North America: Production Organization, Location, and Research and Development 8. Hybridization of the Japanese Production System in North America, the Newly Industrializing Economies, South-East Asia, and Europe: Contrasted Configurations PART III. BETWEEN ADAPTATION AND INNOVATION 9. The NedCar Experience: The Configuration of Dutch, Swedish, and Japanese Ideas about Car Manufacturing 10. FASA Renault: Innovation in Productive Flexibility and Job Security 11. The Transfer and Hybridization of New Models of Production in the Brazilian Automobile Industry 12. Ford's Hermosillo Plant: The Trajectory of Development of a Hybrid Model 13. Implanting Change: The Role of 'Indigenous Transplants' in Transforming the German Productive Model 14. Volkswagen's Shanghai Plant: Between Chinese Tradition and Modernization Strategy 15. Saturn: A Different Kind of Company? 16. Conclusion: Transplants, Hybridization, and Globalization: What Lessons for the Future

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